Why a spray almost identical to 'party' drug ketamine is set to be approved to 'treat' depression The illegal, hallucinogenic 'party' drug ketamine is addictive, physically perilous and known to increase the risk of suicide.
Now a pharmaceutical version, called esketamine (brand name Spravato), is set to be approved as a wonder cure for people with depression so severe it may drive them to suicide.
This has prompted protests from experts who argue that the tests on esketamine have been inadequate and that even in those tests, involving some 1,600 people, esketamine was associated with six deaths. The Daily Mail
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